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The changing face of children’s literature in Nepal
Niranjan Kunwar
10 hours ago
From Panchayat-era moralism to donor-driven publishing and today a rising crop of local initiatives, the shifts in Nepal’s children’s literature reflect the difficult history of the country itself
Politics
Pakistan’s narrow view of Afghanistan has cost it dearly
Salman Rafi Sheikh
16 Jan 2026
Politics
Dalpat Chauhan’s alternative Dalit history of Gujarat
Hemang Ashwinkumar
12 Jan 2026
Politics
Fear and loathing greet Myanmar’s unfree election
Ben Dunant
09 Jan 2026
Politics
Himal interviews: Media-fuelled Islamophobia in India
The Editors
14 Jan 2026
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The woman in the bathroom
Romita Saluja
26 Dec 2025
26 min read
The memoir that changes how we read Arundhati Roy
Supriya Nair
02 Dec 2025
31 min read
The costs of Reliance’s wildlife ambitions
M Rajshekhar
20 Mar 2024
51 min read
DDLJ’s dubious 30-year legacy of soft-pedalled patriarchy
Anna M M Vetticad
28 Nov 2025
9 min read
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Saffron Siege: a podcast with Harsh Mander
Harsh Mander hosts conversations on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s corrosion of India over 100 years
Podcasts
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Podcast: Felix Pal, Christophe Jaffrelot, Tanika Sarkar & Harsh Mander on the RSS’s hidden network
The Editors
07 Jan 2026
Podcast
Year in review: Ten great podcast episodes on Southasia of 2025
The Editors
30 Dec 2025
Podcast
Ayesha Jalal on Pakistan’s 27th constitutional amendment: State of Southasia #37
Nayantara Narayanan
22 Dec 2025
Podcast
Nirvana Bhandary on what it means to be a feminist in Nepal today: Southasia Review of Books podcast #38
Shwetha Srikanthan
15 Dec 2025
Video
Podcast: Ram Puniyani & Harsh Mander on the RSS’s entrenched influence on India’s polity
The Editors
03 Dec 2025
Video
Podcast: Purushottam Agrawal & Harsh Mander on why the RSS hates Nehru, and more
The Editors
26 Nov 2025
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